Thai central bank wins appeal against ex-governor
Shortly after taking office, current bank governor, Pridiyathorn Devakula, appointed a committee that brought a civil court case against Rerngchai in 2001 accusing him of being "severely negligent" during the 1997 Asian financial crisis, in which Thailand exhausted its foreign exchange reserves through a failed attempt to prevent the
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